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A sample of 25 European ccTLDs saw a 20% increase in new domains registered in April 2020 from the same time a year earlier. So the Council of European National Top-Level Domain Registries (CENTR) is asking “Is the lockdown driving domain registrations?”“A study conducted by CENTR in April 2020...

A sample of 25 European ccTLDs saw a 20% increase in new domains registered in April 2020 from the same time a year earlier. So the Council of European National Top-Level Domain Registries (CENTR) is asking “Is the lockdown driving domain registrations?”“A study conducted by CENTR in April 2020...

The book Domnomics: The business of domain names authored by John McCormac, provides historical, statistical and economic insights on the development of the domain industry. Domnomics is a noteworthy contribution to our understanding of how the domain business has developed, what mistakes were...

The book Domnomics: The business of domain names authored by John McCormac, provides historical, statistical and economic insights on the development of the domain industry. Domnomics is a noteworthy contribution to our understanding of how the domain business has developed, what mistakes were...

In early December new extension domains reached the 30 million registration point according to nTLD statistics. The previous high of about 29.5 million was established in April 2017, although over most of last two years the total was not far from 26 million registrations. The number of...

In early December new extension domains reached the 30 million registration point according to nTLD statistics. The previous high of about 29.5 million was established in April 2017, although over most of last two years the total was not far from 26 million registrations. The number of...

I have been on this forum for almost 4 years. And I still cannot get used to the fact that absolute majority of the names offered are of awful quality. It is not just newbies or people with incomplete grasp of English trading in English names. It is even established members. Don't get me...

I have been on this forum for almost 4 years. And I still cannot get used to the fact that absolute majority of the names offered are of awful quality. It is not just newbies or people with incomplete grasp of English trading in English names. It is even established members. Don't get me...

Per Hosterstats.com (very useful for tracking history (December) of domain registrations)... Note that .COM registration growth has continued every year while the launch of hundreds of new TLDs does seem to have affected speculation in .Net and .Info. .Info 2011 - 8.25 million registrations...

Per Hosterstats.com (very useful for tracking history (December) of domain registrations)... Note that .COM registration growth has continued every year while the launch of hundreds of new TLDs does seem to have affected speculation in .Net and .Info. .Info 2011 - 8.25 million registrations...

According to nTLDStats.com, it looks like there are now more than 100,000 .Dev domain names registered. I can see more than 102,000 .Dev domain names in the zone file, and the number continues to grow.Read More

According to nTLDStats.com, it looks like there are now more than 100,000 .Dev domain names registered. I can see more than 102,000 .Dev domain names in the zone file, and the number continues to grow.Read More

A week or so ago CENTR (European country code association) released their quarterly report on global registration statistics and analysis. Today I put up a brief run down of some of the points that stood out for me. Country code TLDs account for 44% of all domain registrations. European...

A week or so ago CENTR (European country code association) released their quarterly report on global registration statistics and analysis. Today I put up a brief run down of some of the points that stood out for me. Country code TLDs account for 44% of all domain registrations. European...

I just stumbled upon this article (published a few months ago by Netcraft) which is interesting reading. https://news.netcraft.com/archives/2017/04/13/new-gtlds-are-they-a-success.html More of the new gTLDs than I had recalled had early success, each then passing popularity on to another. It...

I just stumbled upon this article (published a few months ago by Netcraft) which is interesting reading. https://news.netcraft.com/archives/2017/04/13/new-gtlds-are-they-a-success.html More of the new gTLDs than I had recalled had early success, each then passing popularity on to another. It...

Hello Friends, Looks like almost all promos for .com and .net registrations are over for now. Has anyone come across any new promos from reputable registrars for July? Excluding GoDaddy/BigRock please ;)

Hello Friends, Looks like almost all promos for .com and .net registrations are over for now. Has anyone come across any new promos from reputable registrars for July? Excluding GoDaddy/BigRock please ;)

For everyone following the HBO series Westworld and spotted the Japanese themed world in the last episode of season 1. During the season HBO used discoverwestworld.com for additional content, and on Monday they've registered exploresamuraiworld.com and exploreshogunworld.com. The other worlds in...

For everyone following the HBO series Westworld and spotted the Japanese themed world in the last episode of season 1. During the season HBO used discoverwestworld.com for additional content, and on Monday they've registered exploresamuraiworld.com and exploreshogunworld.com. The other worlds in...